Roy v. County of Los Angeles

Roy v. County of Los Angeles is a lawsuit against Los Angeles County and the L.A. County Sheriff Lee Baca for denying bail on the basis of ICE holds, and for holding people in County Jail for more than 48 hours based on those ICE holds.

Case Developments

ORDER

February 8, 2017

This case was consolidated with Gonzalez v. ICE. The court ruled that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) unlawfully detained thousands of suspected immigrants on the basis of unconstitutional requests from ICE known as immigration detainers. This decision entitles class members to injunctive relief and monetary damages. Read the order.

FILING

October 19, 2012

The ACLU sued the County of Los Angeles and L.A. County Sheriff for denying bail on the basis of ICE holds, and for holding people in County Jail for more than 48 hours based on those ICE holds. Read the complaint.